Note: This is a personal opinion piece. Feel free to take this with several grains of salt. Hell, take the whole cube while you’re at it.
I’ve been doing some thinking, and after having numerous conversations with some individuals who will remain un-named, I’ve come to the conclusion that some people are too wrapped-up around the [...]
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Why Tech Communities are Falling Through
Published by January 19th, 2008 in Alternatives, Blogosphere, Linux, Macintosh, Operating Systems, Windows 14 CommentsComplete .NET Portability with Wine & Mono?
Published by September 19th, 2007 in Alternatives, Linux, Programming, Software, Windows 3 CommentsMono is the open-source version of Microsoft’s .NET Framework. It implements most of the backend framework features, but unfortunately, falls flat on its pretty little face when attempting to display the user interface - which is what desktop apps are all about.
Wine on the other-hand, is a Linux port of (major parts of) Microsoft’s [...]
Please Microsoft, Stop Holding .NET Back!
Published by April 23rd, 2007 in Alternatives, Microsoft, Programming, Software, Windows 49 CommentsAs dedicated developers, end-users, and champions of Microsoft’s .NET Framework, we’re making a final plea to Microsoft and the .NET Framework team to save .NET and make it a real multi-platform framework. Please!
Sun could (and did) do it with Java, so why can’t Microsoft just swallow the pill already and provide real support for the [...]
EasyBCD 1.51 Released: Dual-Boot Vista and Anything!
Published by December 17th, 2006 in Alternatives, Linux, Macintosh, NeoSmart Technologies, Operating Systems, Reviews, Software, Windows 43 CommentsAfter two months of crazy bug-hunting and hundreds of rounds of scenario testing, EasyBCD 1.51 is finally out. If you’re in a really big hurry, go and get it - if not, read on. EasyBCD 1.51 is a very major change from 1.5. As a matter of fact, if it wasn’t for the fact that [...]
ReactOS Reviewed: The Next Windows?
Published by July 13th, 2006 in Alternatives, Reviews, Software 92 CommentsThe idea is simple: Linux isn’t always the best non-Windows operating system. Windows is excellent and unbeatable for quite a few people and tasks. But neither is perfect. Almost exactly 10 years ago, a team began to search for a fix. In 1996, Linux was unusable for anyone but the most technologically ‘gifted’ and Windows [...]
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